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Anti-bulk surveillance sticking points: lack of gov transparency, accountability(medium.com)
2 points by spenvo 11y ago|0 comments
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by spenvo 11y ago
Since I'm not dependent on XUL-type apis, this is very relevant! The porting process was already not-bad, but anything to smooth it over for others would be cool. Thanks, i'll see where it is when I start my next project!
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by spenvo 11y ago
Oh excellent! I missed this announcement; I won't be afraid to do it again. Looking at those charts, looks like I rode through the most extreme backlog you guys experienced. Another aside: At least for extensions featured in a store, i
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by spenvo 11y ago
An aside: Mozilla's approach to Firefox extensions is both 1) responsible (they require extensions to be reviewed and signed by Mozilla), 2) untenable for developers (mine took forever to be reviewed). I published three Chrome extensio
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by spenvo 11y ago
another shameless request for an invite, mid-project and am very excited by what keybase is doing here. thanks!
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Now’s an opportune moment to talk about encryption with non-techies(medium.com)
2 points by spenvo 11y ago|0 comments
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by spenvo 11y ago
This was my first extension, done in a night a couple of years ago. Thought it was too simple to share, but here I am years later using it every day, so I've updated it and want people to know about it.
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Show HN: WalkBack, hotkeys for multi-column scrolling in Tweetdeck (Chrome ext.)(chrome.google.com)
4 points by spenvo 11y ago|1 comments
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by spenvo 11y ago
It wasn't just traffic: it was the feedback. I got over 50 comments on HN on about 55 votes. on PH, I got 3 comments on about 35 votes. If HN is known as being too negative, I find PH comments come from almost forced optimism -- people
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by spenvo 11y ago
I had the opposite experience (illustrating that our stories are just anecdotal), but I don't blame Product Hunt at all -- I was grateful for the chance to be featured on their main page. My Show HN brought ~6K visitors in the first tw
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Open web/free software swag, store links (gift ideas)(medium.com)
1 points by spenvo 11y ago|0 comments
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by spenvo 11y ago
Written as Google eases its stance on operating in China [1],[2]. It's not ok when fear erodes our values, but, by the same token: it's not ok for profit/growth-potential to erode our values. "That is why it’s so dishear
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Saudi court sentences poet to death for renouncing Islam(theguardian.com)
10 points by spenvo 11y ago|1 comments
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How Facebook Is Stealing Billions of Views(youtube.com)
3 points by spenvo 11y ago|1 comments
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by spenvo 11y ago
"Bill Whitaker: I'm sure there are some who would be watching this and would say, 'Heroin addicts are junkies and they brought this on themselves, so why should we care?' Tracy Morrison [nurse of 30 years, parent of two
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Heroin in the Heartland(cbsnews.com)
2 points by spenvo 11y ago|2 comments
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by spenvo 11y ago
One hypocrisy is that while the TPP aspires to more-perfect law enforcement around copyright infringement (to be a shared responsibility between member nations[1]), imperfect copyright enforcement has played a role in the success of some pr
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It pays to switch outlooks depending on your goals: mindset modality(medium.com)
2 points by spenvo 11y ago|0 comments
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by spenvo 11y ago
> I hope Google can expand it A few days ago I remarked on Twitter: "sad that Contributor, a great alternative to ads/tracking, is owned & marketed by Google, which has more to lose than gain from promoting it"[0] The
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by spenvo 11y ago
The "emissions cheat" in question altered the output of the car when it was being tested. So, they were testing the emissions that came out of the car. "EPA regulators said that Volkswagen adopted a 'sophisticated&#x27
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by spenvo 11y ago
3 days later: I have responded with an update to the extension that addresses the privacy concerns here. Whitelists have been implemented, privacy defaults have changed to start with Research Mode 'off', and commenter/Houshal
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Show HN: Kiwi Chrome/FF plugin updates w/whitelist feature, new privacy defaults(metafruit.com)
1 points by spenvo 11y ago|0 comments
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by spenvo 11y ago
These links turned out to be extremely valuable feedback. Reddit's response is formed differently for them (as opposed to what it gives 95% of the time). I'll have an update very soon. [Update: new version has pushed to Chrome --
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by spenvo 11y ago
Thanks. Maybe reddit's API filters out some results that have zero comments. I looked for an attribute in their API that would ask for all results but couldn't find anything. Also - I'd like to inspect Reddit Check's cod
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by spenvo 11y ago
Terrific comment, thank you. First, I've un-minified the Chrome extension code (only added 2kb in size), and it will remain that way going forward. It will take up to an hour for it to propagate to the Chrome Web Store, but the Firefo
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by spenvo 11y ago
I agree and will say that I'm as pleasantly surprised by the review process Mozilla has for its add-ons -- as I am dismayed that Chrome has no equivalent process. I'm in-queue of the Firefox review (takes on average 10 days) and h
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by spenvo 11y ago
I like the idea of adding a whitelist to complement using the extension with Research Mode turned "off". I'll add that to the todo list! Thanks!
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by spenvo 11y ago
Thanks! BTW, I love the idea behind your extension -- because Chrome's history search is almost always a frustrating let-down. Provided you can solve the privacy issue, I'd use it in a heartbeat. I'd also be very curious to s
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by spenvo 11y ago
Thanks for sharing your approach. In the end, I decided the API results didn't need to be persisted in storage -- they get stored in a local variable and jettisoned with Javascript's garbage collection. My primary concern was: to
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by spenvo 11y ago
Sounds fantastic for your extension, but it would be too heavy for Kiwi. The entire Reddit, HN, and Google News data sets would (easily) be too large

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